To commemorate Metal Blade Records 20th year in the music business, we will be releasing a 20th Anniversary Box Set including tracks from many of our bands past and present, interviews, photos, and much more. The box set includes 9 CD’s and 1 DVD and is sure to be a must for any metal collector young or old. Here is a list of just some of the extras that will be incorporated in the liner notes:
**A history of Metal Blade Records entitled “Double Decades of Aggression” by renowned music journalist Martin Popoff.
**Q&A with Brian Slagel and Lars Ulrich by Clay Marshall.
**Band interviews by famous rock writer Götz Kühnemund including Manowar,
Fates Warning, Mercyful Fate/King Diamond, Cannibal Corpse, Armored Saint,
GWAR, Six Feet Under, Flotsam & Jetsam, and Lizzy Borden.
**Rare and unreleased tracks such as:
Cannibal Corpse - “Sacrifice”
Six Feet Under - “War Is Coming” (Live)
Gwar - “Have You Seen Me?” (Demo Version)
Armored Saint - “Shadows Of My Face”
King’s X - “Groove Machine” (Live)
Lizzy Borden - “Zanzibar” (Demo Version)
Fates Warning “In Trance”
Mercyful Fate - “The Ripper”
Flotsam And Jetsam - “Mr. Ridiculous”
Bitch “Infatuation”
Metallica’s original version of “Hit the Lights” which was originally only on the first set of vinyl and has never been on CD.